Entertainment

Opera, Now With Geolocation

As of today, there's a special Opera build available, one that supports geolocation. On the user end, you can install it and simply chose to share your location; from the developer's point of view, this build brings support for the geolocation API, which they can use in applications that can make use of the user's location.

Opera has developed this functionality together with Skyhook Wireless, using their Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS). This means that you don't need to have a GPS-enabled device in order to share your location; any Wi-Fi-enabled device will do. The possible implementations of this technology include local search, location-based social networking, geotagging photographs and videos and the like. The important thing is that the geolocation part is happening entirely on the user side, and therefore the user can choose whether or not he wants to participate.

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